Meaning of accessory breathing | Babel Free

Definitions

A manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.

uncountable

Examples

“accessory breathing muscles, accessory breathing organ”

“Figure 15 summarizes his work on the factors controlling breathing in the yarrow, Erythrinus, a teleost which uses its air bladder for accessory breathing.”

“Considering the degree of muscular tension that accessory breathing entails, the net payoff in oxygenation makes it a poor energetic investment.”

“Reflexively mouth breathing and accessory breathing are associated”

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